FRANKFORT, Ky. — Nearly 30 new exhibitors will make their way to Kentucky Crafted: The Market, March 7-9 at the Lexington Convention Center, offering new product choices for wholesale buyers and anyone interested in fine art and craft, literature, music and regional food products.

Thirteen Kentucky Crafted Program exhibitors will make work available including photography, pottery, handmade hats, fine woodwork, bath and body products, jewelry, baskets and more, at the Kentucky Arts Council's 32nd annual show.

"We have some very exciting new Kentucky Crafted artists who will be exhibiting at The Market this year," said Lori Meadows, arts council executive director. "Joining us will be the first milliner who has been adjudicated into the Kentucky Crafted program, artists who have received Al Smith Individual Artist Fellowships, and a basket maker whose work is in the Smithsonian's permanent collection."

Kentucky Crafted artists who will exhibit at The Market for the first time are:

Kathleen Conroy, Art by Kathy Conroy, Pleasureville

Alexey Stiop, BigEye Photography, Georgetown

Diana Smith Thomas and James Rich, BSpoken Designs, Georgetown

Rick Griebenow, Kentucky Ingrained, McKee

Richard Douglas Jr., Lehigh Valley Woodworking, Campbellsville

Roger Ballard, Paul Roger Ballard Photography, Versailles

Leslie Bowers, Peace of the Earth, Louisville

Sarah Havens, Sarah Havens Millinery, Louisville

Seth Green, Seth Green Pottery, Morehead

Fritz Wolff, Stone Fence Pottery, Nicholasville

Walt Roycraft, Walt Roycraft Photography, Nicholasville

Dean Hill, Dean Hill Photography, West Liberty

Jennifer Heller Zurick, baskets, Berea

The Kentucky Crafted Program is an adjudicated arts marketing assistance program for Kentucky's resident creators of art and craft. Program participants are the Commonwealth's only artists who are eligible to exhibit at Kentucky Crafted: The Market.

In addition, four businesses that create Kentucky Proud products will sell their locally made goods at The Market for the first time. New Kentucky Proud business exhibitors are:

Kentucky Crafted: The Market is open only to wholesale buyers on March 7. Buyers can register at the door with proper credentials. Doors are open to the public from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday, March 8, and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, March 9. Ticket prices are $10 for one day; $15 for a two-day ticket. Children 15 and younger are admitted free with a paying adult.

The Kentucky Arts Council, the state arts agency, creates opportunities for Kentuckians to value, participate in and benefit from the arts. Kentucky Arts Council funding is provided by the Kentucky General Assembly and the National Endowment for the Arts.